caipín

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See also: càipǐn

Irish

Etymology

From English cap + -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑˈpʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkapʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkapʲinʲ/

Noun

caipín m (genitive singular caipín, nominative plural caipíní)

cap; lid
crest (of wave)
top; tip

Declension

Declension of caipín (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	caipín	caipíní
vocative	a chaipín	a chaipíní
genitive	caipín	caipíní
dative	caipín	caipíní

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an caipín	na caipíní
genitive	an chaipín	na gcaipíní
dative	leis an gcaipín don chaipín	leis na caipíní

Derived terms

adharc caipín, bos caipín, speic caipín (“peak of cap”)
caipín buailte, caipín forbhuailte (“percussion cap”)
caipín clóca (“hood of cloak”)
caipín cluasach (“cap with ear-flaps”)
caipín cogaidh (“(rush) helmet”)
caipín dearg (“redcap”)
caipín dubh (“blackcap”)
caipín glúine (“knee-cap”)
caipín (mullaigh) (“top covering (on haycock, etc.)”)
caipín píce (“peak cap”)
caipín sonais (“caul”)
caipín súile (“eyelid”)
caipíneach (“capped, wearing cap; crested”, adjective)
clóca caipín (“hooded cloak”)
cluaisín caipín (“ear-flap”)
cluas caipín (“lug of cap”)
Donncha an chaipín (“cock stonechat”)
faoileán an chaipín (“black-headed gull”)
scriú caipín (“cap-screw”)
starraicín caipín (“peak of (woman's) cap”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *caipín*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
caipín	chaipín	gcaipín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caipín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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